Razor-blade holder



Feb. 8, 1927'. 1,616,813

J. J. LLOYD LRAZOR BLADE HOLDER Filed Feb. 18, 1926 Inventor Q ZZZ/Q70 Attorney Patented Feb. 8,1927.

JEROME 'Josnrn' L OYD, or srrAnoN, PENNSYLVANIA.

itiasn RAZOR-BLADE HOLDER.

7 Application filed February 18, 1926. Serial. No. 89,133.-

My'present inventionpertains to devices for holding safety razor blades incident to i being stropped or the stropping thereof; and it contemplates the provision of a safety" razor blade holder characterized by simplicity and inexpensiveness in constructlon and by features which contribute materially to the facility with which a safety razor blade may be placed and secured in the holder and removed therefrom, and this without impairment of the ,efficiency offthe holder in precluding casual displacement of the blade while thesame is otherwise manipulated. To the attainment of the foregoing, theinvention consists in the improvement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed;

In theaccompanying drawings, forming 7 part of this specification 1 Figure 1 is an edge elevation showing my novel holder in open state. a

Figure 2 is a'plan view showing the holder in closed state and with a razor blade properly held therein; Q

Figure 3 is a view. to Figure 2 and showing the holder and blade in edge elevation.

Figure 4: is a plan view of the blank from which one of the holder members in formed,

Figure 5 is a plan view ofv the other member of the holder. v

Figure 6 is a detailperspective illustrative of the clip for retaining the members detach ably closed position.

arranged as shown in Figures 2 and 3. It

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

Among other elements, my novel holder comprises body members 1 and 2, said members metal, possessed or resiliency. The body member 1 has a handle portion 3 and lugs 4 reaching laterally from the longitudinal edges thereof, and it also has at the forward end of the handle portion 3 a shank 1* on which are spaced studs orprotuberances 5. The forward endv of the said shank 4* is bifurcated as designated by 6 for a purpose hereinafter set forth. The body member dle portion 7 and a shank portion 8, the latter terminating in a bifurcated portion 9 and being provided at intervals in its length with apertures 10, the said apertures 10 being positioned and being of a size to rep ceive the studs 5 when the parts are relatively taken at right angles being formed of appropriate sheetv of the requisite flexibility- 2 is provided with a han-' will also be understood fromFigure 1 that the shank 8 of the body member 2 has a tendency to spring away from the shank portion 1* of the body member 1, .thisin order to facilitate the placing of a razor blade 11 in and theremoval of a razor blade from between the shank portion of the two body members.

In addition to the body members 1 and characterized asdescribed, mynovel holder includes a clip 12, Figures 2, 3 and.6.. The .f

said clip 12 is of general U-shape and is of a size to tightly fit in straddling relation the combined thicknesses'of the two body armrlorrics. L

members 1 and 2, this in order to tightly hold the shank portions of the body mem-v hers I and 2 together with a view to strongbetween said shank portions a razor-blade 11. after the mannerillustrated in Figures 2 and 3. The bifurcations 6 and. 9 in the body members 1 and 2 are for the 1y holding seating of the clip 12,,and manifestly when the clip 12 is "disposed in the said bifurca tions and in straddling relation-entire forward portions of'the shanks 4* and 8, the liabilityof the clip 12 being accidentally displaced will be. reduced to a minimum. Notwithstanding this however, the clip 12 is manifestly adapted to be expeditiously and easily placed in the said bifurcation and in straddling relation on the end portions of the shanks of the body members, and is also adapted with equal facility to beremoved from the bifurcations of-the body members.

In the practical use of my improvement and while the holder is in the state shown ,in Figure 1, a razor bladeof the apertured type and designated by 11, is placed between the shank portions of the body members 1 and 2 and so that when the forward ends of the said shank'portions arepressed or otherwise brought together, the clip 12 may be readily disposed in the bifurcations 6 and 9 and in engagement withtheshank portions. The tendency of the shank por tion-8 to spring away from the shank por tion 1* also contributes toward holding the clip 12 against casual displacement, anc

, et whenit is desired to remove the blade members, the same may be readily accomplished after the clip 12 is removed or slipped from the forward ends of the shank ortions.

Notwithstanding the facility with'which a razorblade may be placed in and removed 11 from between the shanks of the body from my novel holder it willbe manifestthat when the parts are relatively arranged as. shown in Figures 2 and 3, there is no liability of a razor blade being accidentally released from the holder which is a desirable feature of my improvement. I a

It will also be noted from the foregoing that my improvement is susceptible of -being expeditiously andeasily manufactured, the studs 5' being when deemed expedient pressed from the metal of the body member 3. and the holes 10 'being when desired punchedin the member 2.

It will also be understood from the fore going that ,by virtue of the lugs 4 bent as illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 3, the handle portions of the body members 1 and 2 are connected together of themselves without the assistance of extraneous means, and this. manifestly.contributes to a considerable eX- tent to thei-nexpensiveness of the holder.

I have specifically described the present and preferred embodiment of my invention in order to impart an exact understanding of the said embodiment in all of its details. I-do not desire. however, to be understood as li-miting myself to the precise construe-.

tion shown and specifically described, my invention being defined by 'my appended claims within the scope of which modifications may be made without departure from my invention.

Having described my invention, What 1'' claimand desire to secure by LettersPa'tent, 1s z- 1. A holder for safety razorblades, comv prising two members arranged in lapped relation and havmg handle portions, one of the said members having on the longitudinal edges of its handleportion lugs arranged over and holding the other handle portion, and the two members having at the forward ends of their handle portions shanks that terminate in bifurcated portions, and one shank having studs and the other apertures to receivesaid studs, and one shank possessed of a tendency to spring laterally away from the other shank, and a U-shaped clip rem'ovably arranged in the bifurcations of the shanks and straddling the forward portions of theshanks to detachably hold the 'U-shaped clip, removably arranged in the bifurcations of the shank and straddling the forward portions of the shanks to detachably hold the same together. v

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.

' JEROME JOSEPH LLOYD. 

